Bug#798652: scilab: scilab doesn't work on ppc64el: could not find the Java configuration for the model <>

[Gilles Filippini]

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:40:40 +0200 Sylvestre Ledru
<sylvestre at debian.org> wrote:
> Jogl has to be updated too. I think there is a familiar patch for another arch. 

No, this is gluegen2. And looking at the source I fail to see any
ppc64el support. Then, is there still a point for scilab to build on
ppc64el?

Thanks,

_g.

> 
> Le 11 septembre 2015 15:45:19 GMT+02:00, Erwan Prioul <erwan at linux.vnet.ibm.com> a écrit :
> >Package: scilab
> >Version: 5.5.2-1
> >Severity: normal
> >
> >While scilab is available on ppc64el, it doesn't actually work:
> >> $ /usr/bin/scilab
> >> Could not find the Java configuration for the model <ppc64le>. Please
> >contact us on http://bugzilla.scilab.org
> >> /usr/bin/scilab-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
> >libjava.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> >
> >I apply this patch to get rid of the error:
> >> --- scilab-5.5.2.orig/bin/scilab
> >> +++ scilab-5.5.2/bin/scilab
> >> @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
> >>                          "ppc"|"powerpc")
> >>                              proc="ppc"
> >>                              ;;
> >> -                        "ppc64"|"ppc64el")
> >> +                        "ppc64"|"ppc64el"|"ppc64le")
> >>                              proc="ppc64"
> >>                              ;;
> >>                          "s390")
> >
> >Unfortunately, we then get another error:
> >> $ /usr/bin/scilab
> >> Could not create a Scilab main class. Error:
> >> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
> >> 	at javax.media.opengl.GLProfile.<clinit>(GLProfile.java:120)
> >> 	at org.scilab.modules.gui.SwingView.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >> 	at org.scilab.modules.gui.SwingView.registerSwingView(Unknown
> >Source)
> >> 	at org.scilab.modules.core.Scilab.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >> Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Please port CPU detection to
> >your platform (linux/ppc64)
> >> 	at
> >jogamp.common.os.PlatformPropsImpl.getCPUTypeImpl(PlatformPropsImpl.java:304)
> >> 	at
> >jogamp.common.os.PlatformPropsImpl.<clinit>(PlatformPropsImpl.java:134)
> >> 	... 4 more
> >> 
> >> Scilab cannot create Scilab Java Main-Class (we have not been able to
> >find the main Scilab class. Check if the Scilab and thirdparty packages
> >are available).
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Erwan.
> >
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